1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990005519810203316

Titolo

Law and employment : lesson fron Latin America and the Caribbean / edited by James Heckman and Carmen Pagés

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cicago ; London : Chicago University Press, 2004

Descrizione fisica

. 568 p. : graf. ; 23 cm.

Collana

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Disciplina

331.1098

Soggetti

Mercato del lavoro - America Latina

Collocazione

300 331.1098 HEC

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484244703321

Autore

Shortle James

Titolo

Water Quality and Agriculture : Economics and Policy for Nonpoint Source Water Pollution / / by James Shortle, Markku Ollikainen, Antti Iho

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030470876

3030470873

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : colour illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, , 2662-3897

Disciplina

363.61091732

363.73946

Soggetti

Agriculture - Economic aspects

Environmental economics

Political planning

Water

Hydrology

Agricultural Economics

Environmental Economics

Public Policy



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Co-Evolution of Agriculture and the Environment from the Beginning to the Present -- 3. Agricultural Land Use, Production, and Water Quality -- 4. Decision Making at the Farm Level -- 5. Environmental Policy Instruments for Agriculture -- 6. Water Quality Trading -- 7. Conservation Auctions -- 8. Ecological Compensations and Offset Credits -- 9. The Way Forward.

Sommario/riassunto

Water pollution control has been a top environmental policy priority of the world's most developed countries for decades, and the focus of significant regulation and public and private spending. Yet, significant water quality problems remain, and trends for some pollutants are in the wrong direction. This book addresses the economics of water pollution control and water pollution control policy in agriculture, with an aim towards providing students, environmental policy analysts, and other environmental professionals with economic concepts and tools essential to understanding the problem and crafting solutions that can be effective and efficient. The book will also examine existing policies and proposed reforms in the developed world. Although this book addresses and has a general applicability to major water pollutants from agriculture (e.g., pesticides, pharmaceuticals, sediments, nutrients), it will focus on the sediment and nutrient pollution problem. The economic and scientific foundations for pollution management are best developed for these pollutants, and they are currently the top priorities of policy makers. Accordingly, the authors provide both highly salient and informative cases for developing concepts and methods of general applicability, with high profile examples such as the Chesapeake Bay, Lake Erie, and the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone in the US; the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe; and Lake Taupo in New Zealand. .